Aujas Cybersecurity, formerly Aujas Networks, is an Indian

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company with a presence in the

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, and the

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. Aujas offers integrated risk management (IRM) services that span

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and advisory, control integration & sustenance, and optimization. The Aujas service portfolio includes services like Identity and Access Management (IAM), Risk Advisory, Security Verification, Security Engineering, managed detection and response (MDR), and Cloud Security Services. Aujas has offices in

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, and

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;

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, and Cupertino in the US;

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in Canada;

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, UAE and

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, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

History

Aujas was founded in 2008 by three co-founders M Srinivas Rao, Sameer Shelke, and Navin Kotian. The company was incubated by

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as part of its Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) program and had also received seed funding from IDG. Prior to setting up Aujas, Rao was a director at

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. In the past, he had worked at companies like

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, Microland, and Sonata Software. He also became an independent director at 24x7 Learning Pvt Ltd. The second co-founder, Shelke was Director (service development & solutions) at

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and worked at

, HP, and Microland. The other co-founder Kotian was the Country Business Manager at IBM Global Services prior to co-founding Aujas and has also served as the Business Manager at Network Solutions India. In 2013, the company raised an undisclosed round of funding from a consortium of venture capital investors led by Rajasthan Venture Capital Fund, IvyCap Ventures, and

India. Proceeds from the Series B round of funding were used by the company to invest in technology, as well as strengthen its presence in

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, and the

. In 2008, Aujas received funding of $3 million from IDG Ventures India. In 2019, NSEIT Limited, a digital native global technology company and a 100% subsidiary of the

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, acquired Aujas Cybersecurity. In 2024, the parent company was rebranded as NuSummit.

References

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